Last night was a good session at Reading Climbing Centre, since my last visit they have changed a lot of the routes in the main hall.
As a novice climber it is still good to go on the auto-belay, as well as honing in on climbing skills in the bouldering area. Now they have changed the route, it has refreshed the challenge.
The routes tried out yesterday were the black and yellow, both will need a bit more practice on my part.
Taking the opportunity to also hone the technique of attaching the rope to quick draws is always a good thing, which will help when I next get the chance to do some lead rope climbing.
Meeting up with a guy called "Danny" we spent a while doing some top-rope climbing. Danny is a little bit more experience than myself, but still a novice. So using the skills taught by others we shared some climbing time, good experience for us both.
Although I have purchased a GriGri2 Belay, as we are both novices I chose to use the standard ATC.
The GriGri will be a bit more of a challenge as I am naturally left handed, so before putting anyone's life at risk, practice will be required in it's use.
Already looking forward to my next session.
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